Finding common ground to achieve a "good death": Family physicians working with substitute decision-makers of dying patients. A qualitative grounded theory study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tan, Amy ^a   Manca, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Conflict; Family medicine; Good death; Substitute decision makers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ALBERTA; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872440612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-14     Document Type: Article

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